As the leader of the contemporary literary world, Wang Shizhen holds the sway of scholars all over the world, and her every move and gesture carries considerable topicality.

For example, the villa where the cultural gathering was held this time was only renovated and rebuilt, but it has been busy in the capital for a while.

Last year, Wang Shizhen came to Beijing and purchased a manor from Shuntian Prefecture. Sun Yizheng, the former governor of Shuntian Prefecture, was naturally subject to legal auction. He came to build a landscape for Wang Shizhen. Even though Wang Shizhen refused to accept the guests, the enthusiastic scholars still asked people to send their own poems and poems as congratulations. There were more than fifty poems.

Renovating a garden can be so lively, not to mention a serious cultural gathering.

The sky is bright.

Early in the morning, a large number of scholars, supervisors, poets, old masters, and Confucian scholars came to Wang Shizhen's Yanshan Villa one after another.

The luxurious carriages of officials and gentry, the high school students and the scholars waiting to be admitted, and the rich local accents coming from afar, all collided and intersected in the Yanzhou Bieyuan.

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Wang Shizhen was a master of all kinds of writing, painting, poetry, music, gambling, and chess, so his literary conferences naturally had many names.

Today's Wenhui is based on the four parts of poetry, fu, prose, and theory in Wang Shizhen's "Four Parts of Yanzhou Mountain Manuscripts" and adds the "Jing" part, which is the five venues of today's Wenhui.

The first four are mainly about reciting poems and appreciating poems and novels - this is Wang Shizhen's main business, especially for scholars who need to improve each other's reputation.

The latter's "Sutra" is obviously used to analyze classics. The title of the plaque at the entrance of the venue clearly shows this.

[Defining the ontological category of conscience and exploring ways of understanding the world from different ontological perspectives] Ming Dynasty Danzhou Academic Seminar]

The slightly weird name made all the guests who wanted to enter the venue stop and watch.

When Li Sancai and Sun Jigao saw this line of writing, they looked at each other and frowned.

"It's just a discussion. The word definition is a bit arrogant." Sun Jigao couldn't help but shake his head.

The wording is a bit strange, but the meaning is still very simple.

Noumenon is the origin of entities and the foundation of objects. It is an a priori attribute that exists before acquired experience and is a priori.

The essence of conscience refers to the nature of human beings and their innate attributes.

When it comes to morality, the central issue is one's character of mind. This is where Li Zhi and Xue Yingqi are still arguing.

But Wang Shizhen used the word "definition" as soon as she came up, and arrogance was a euphemism.

Li Sancai smiled and said: "Dangzhou's aura has enveloped Baidai, and he seems to have no control over the world. This gesture is only reasonable."

For this cultural conference, several major Buddhist temples originally invited Wang Shizhen and placed the venue in the temple in order to increase its popularity.

As a result, Leader Wang pretended to be a celebrity and responded to the poem with ridicule. The left sentence is "Filled with the marrow of Shannan, decorated like the blood of the Ganges", and the right sentence is "How can I be greedy and angry, hoping to be united with the holy truth", without leaving any emotion at all.

It can be said that after Wang Shizhen returned to the court, not only her mind became active, but her arrogant nature also seemed to be revived.

Sun Jigao glanced at the title of the sign again, and until he turned around and entered the venue, he was still shaking his head with his hands behind his hands: "I thought Duke Yanzhou could only gain some fame, but I didn't expect that he really planned to get involved."

“I don’t know where the confidence comes from.”

Wang Shizhen is a great talent, but it does not mean that he is an all-rounder.

Although they are rich in talent and learning and have a large scale, they may not be as good as those who specialize in one discipline, let alone debating scriptures.

If you are not strong enough and you are beaten down, that would be a joke.

When Li Sancai heard this, he thought thoughtfully and said: "Since Duke Yanzhou has set the theme of today's literary meeting, it must not be a rootless duckweed."

"Besides, although the sentence at the door is a bit arrogant, it easily points out the main points of the current debate, which shows his real skill."

People who deal with fame are naturally the most cautious about fame matters.

Li Sancai regarded Wang Shizhen as a role model for association and had extraordinary confidence in him.

The two of them walked inside, chatting casually.

As soon as Fang entered the venue, he saw a bald monk wearing cassocks on the stage, talking eloquently.

People were sitting or standing in the audience, and some people on the second floor were standing on the railing, listening attentively.

Sun Jigao looked surprised: "Has it already started?"

Sun Jigao on the side naturally didn't know either.

The two of them were not shy, so they grabbed a scholar from the side and asked them politely.

The scholar who was asked about it looked at the two of them and then explained in a low voice: "It hasn't started yet. Those of you want to sit on the stage. They are following the rules of the literary society to prove their knowledge."

The two of them were stunned when they heard this.

Wang Shizhen had already spoken about this before.

Wang Shizhen knows rankings.

Although there is no first place in literature, the gap in knowledge naturally exists.

In various schools of Confucian classics, how can we not distinguish between titles such as professor, great Confucian, master, and leader?

Therefore, Leader Wang thoughtfully differentiated the seats on the stage and those under the stage during this cultural gathering.

In short, only those sitting on the stage are qualified to present arguments and argue. Those sitting below? Just listen.

As mentioned in the invitation, Li Zhi, Xue Yingqi, Qian Dehong, Wang Ji and others are all "lecturers" and have master seats. As for others, they must prove their knowledge and be recognized by everyone in the gathering.

Only then are you qualified to take the stage.

The two of them bowed their hands and thanked each other, then found their seats and sat down.

"Is that Master Lianchi?"

Sun Jigao was somewhat short-sighted and could not see clearly the faces of the people on the stage.

Li Sancai heard the words and nodded: "It's Master Lianchi, but it seems that he has finished speaking."

Master Renchi has almost become an Arhat among the people, and his thinking and Buddhist scriptures are recognized by scholars as unique.

When the old monk finished speaking, everyone in the audience shook their heads and said nothing, or said bluntly that it was superficial. Only about ten people asked the master to take a seat.

Wang Shizhen's younger brother Wang Shimao smiled apologetically at Master Lianchi and asked him to take a seat in the audience.

Li Sancai knew that Sun Jigao's eyesight was not very good, so he explained: "There are only four seats on the stage, obviously one has not been added."

Sun Jigao nodded when he heard this: "The Arahant's cultivation is not shallow, but he can't say what his true nature is."

The essence of conscience in Buddhism is the spiritual mirror stand.

Although his speculation is not bad, today's Confucianism has integrated the three teachings into one, and its level is much higher than that of Buddha and Lao Zhi.

If Master Lianchi wants to take the throne, he will no longer be able to convince the public.

As soon as the man went down, another young scholar came up.

He took out a piece of paper from his arms and said loudly: "My teacher is visiting the garden and asked me to read an article for him. If he can be seated, I will invite him to the library. If he cannot convince the crowd, I will teach him

The two of them headed back home."

He did not say who his teacher was. He bowed to everyone, then directly opened the article and read it aloud.

"Between heaven and earth, there are principles and qi. The principles are the metaphysical way and the foundation of living things; the qi is the physical tools and the equipment of living things."

"The essence of Qi is called Li; the transformation of Li is called Qi. This Zhu Xi Li is also the debate of Qi."

"Inherited from Shao Yong's "Xiantian", Zhou Dunyi's "Tai Chi", Zhang Zai's "Qi Lun", Ercheng's "Tianli", Zhu Zi passed it on to my teacher, and my teacher passed it on to me, and now I have gained something."

"Where is the ontological category of conscience?"

"Zhu Ziyun, sex."

"Benevolence and righteousness are called human nature, and compassion and compassion are called emotions; nature is unmoved, and emotion is already moved; nature is innate, and emotion is acquired; nature is the body, and emotion is the function. The heart is the same, and the body and function are unified."

"..."

Hearing this, the scholars on the stage had already tasted some of it.

They all whispered to each other.

Li Sancai said in astonishment: "Is this the great Confucian of Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism?"

It is not necessarily a great Confucianism, but it is definitely the authentic source of Neo-Confucianism.

Because after Wang Xue, he only said that "reason" is nothing more than the principle of "qi", and never maintained the transcendent nature of "reason".

Sun Jigao was also a little surprised and guessed: "Is this Duke Yuchun's disciple?"

Neo-Confucianism declined, and scholars all over the world, if not Wang Shouren, returned to Zhan Ruoshui, alone to Shoucheng, and Zhu did not change, but Lü Nan and Luo Qinshun.

Among them, Lu Nan's disciple was Xue Yingqi, but he was not pure because he mixed Wang Xue.

Learning from orthodoxy, today's Neo-Confucian orthodoxy comes from the lineage of Luo Qinshun, who is also known as Yuchun Gong Yuan Hongyu in Sun Jigao's mouth.

Yuchun Gong Yuan Hongyu was a famous official in the Jialong period. He was an outstanding official in the Qing Dynasty. His reputation as a poor man was widely spread - especially the story about how he owed twenty taels of silver to help poor students and had to ask Wang Shizhen to repay it on his behalf.

, once made him a model scholar.

At the same time, this Zhang Juzheng's fellow student, Hai Rui's academic advisor, Shen Shixing's uncle, and Wang Shizhen's old friend were the number one scholar in Confucianism at that time.

Having said that, Sun Jigao couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that a great scholar like Duke Yuchun in this world, who doesn't even have a seat, is actually worse than Master Li."

Although it is not insulting to give lectures on the stage, Li Zhi and others gave him a seat, which naturally lowered Yuan Hongyu's status.

Li Sancai shook his head: "That can't be helped. When Xu Shaoshi used his official power to invite scholars from all over the world and opened Lingji Palace to give lectures, he elevated his teacher Nie Bao to the status of a great Confucian."
To be continued...